There have been rumors at ASA for months of SkyWest having already made a backroom agreement with Mesa to purchase their assets. Something tells me that this ruling was not unexpected. I agree with whoever said that JO may be using this as an easy out. JO will liquidate and ride off into the sunset still a rich man. A thousand pilots will lose their jobs, or at least their seniority. Delta is emboldened to beat up the remaining regionals working for them. Bottom line: the workers are the only losers here, as usual.